Enhancement Advisory New jfbterm package

Advisory: RHEA-2005:458-07
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2005-05-18
Last updated on: 2005-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

A newly added jfbterm package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 Update 5.

The jfbterm package contains a program to print several character sets,
such as Japanese Kanji, on a Linux framebuffer device. It takes advantage
of pseudo-TTY mechanisms to hook console output in the same way as KON. It
renders font on framebuffer device instead of VGA that is used by KON.

Since KON works only on x86 architectures, those not running on x86 could
not see the multi-byte characters on the console. This new application
allows other architectures other than x86 similar functionality.

All users that require jfbterm should install this newly included package.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.src.rpm     9d5e7c856f17f979455abe82f359b819
 
IA-32:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm     253d793f52ea28c5f451538bb457f073
 
x86_64:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm     d23b33f75e50cc7b628f792c4e64eed5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.src.rpm     9d5e7c856f17f979455abe82f359b819
 
IA-32:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm     253d793f52ea28c5f451538bb457f073
 
PPC:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.ppc.rpm     5d7428810ca60549662384cf1c71fe77
 
x86_64:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm     d23b33f75e50cc7b628f792c4e64eed5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.src.rpm     9d5e7c856f17f979455abe82f359b819
 
IA-32:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm     253d793f52ea28c5f451538bb457f073
 
x86_64:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm     d23b33f75e50cc7b628f792c4e64eed5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.src.rpm     9d5e7c856f17f979455abe82f359b819
 
IA-32:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm     253d793f52ea28c5f451538bb457f073
 
x86_64:
jfbterm-0.4.7-1.EL3.1.x86_64.rpm     d23b33f75e50cc7b628f792c4e64eed5
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Keywords

console, FB, terminal


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